Quantitative Ultrasound Image Analysis Helps in the Differentiation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) From Borderline Lesions and Predicting the Histologic Grade of HCC and Microvascular Invasion.
Naoki MatsumotoMasahiro OgawaMasahiro KanekoMariko KumagawaYukinobu WatanabeMidori HirayamaHiroshi NakagawaraRyota MasuzakiTatsuo KandaMitsuhiko MoriyamaTadatoshi TakayamaMasahiko SugitaniPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
In a US image analysis, HCC smaller than 2 cm had features of greater heterogeneity and a lower minimum gray value than borderline lesions. Moderately differentiated HCC was smoother than borderline lesions, and the anechoic area correlated with histologic grading. Microvascular invasion was correlated with a slender shape and a lower minimum gray value.